Chapter 106 – The Widow’s Adopted Daughter (part 6)

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Boss Chen was a little timid and subconsciously looked back at the few people behind him.
Sure enough, all of them were ashamed and displeased.

Boss Chen had a drink with Wang Da Lang.
He then decided to come to the Wang family.
These idiots… These people were about to have a noble.
Was this a good or bad thing?

Boss Chen cleared his throat.
“Ahem.
In that case, let us go find her!”

Wang Da Shan heard the news and ran back in a hurry.
“Hey, Boss Chen, what’s the matter?”

Boss Chen deliberated, but there was a cough behind him, so he straightened and said, “What is going on? The needlework you sent us had something that is a great taboo.
Now, people are looking for the creator.”

Wang Da Lang suddenly changed his face.
“The needlework was all done by Er Lang’s wife.
Our two families have been separated, so she has nothing to do with our family.
I will take you to find her.”

Then, he hurriedly led the way and took them to the courtyard of Wang Er Lang’s place, but the door was locked.

Xiao Zhen Ting remained silent.
In fact, from the very beginning, he realised that his cousin’s life might not have been easy.
Since the day she disappeared, life in the Xiao family was not easy.
Although he didn’t know if Er Lang’s wife was his cousin, if they were telling the truth that the embroidery was made by her, then there was a good chance that she was.
After all, the stitching method was exactly the same as the work done by his cousin before.

So, while they were talking, he quietly ordered people to visit the village.
The result was not a surprise.

Her husband was forced to go to war and died on the battlefield.
As she only had a daughter, she was not well liked by her in-laws and was bullied by them, almost being forced to sell her daughter.

In an instant, Xiao Zhen Ting changed his mind.
He had initially thought that, if that person was really his cousin and had married into a family that treated her well, he would take back his cousin and give her in-laws some money in return for taking care of his cousin for so many years.
If his cousin didn’t want to give up her child, then the child could come back with them.
It wasn’t as if his family couldn’t afford to raise a child.

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But, Xiao Zhen Ting saw that the Wang family behaved like this.
If he didn’t pursue this matter, then he would be extraordinarily benevolent.
If Er Lang’s wife was his cousin, then the in-laws would just be a burden to his cousin.
They even humiliated his cousin, so he changed his mind.
He would let the Wang family take the initiative to break their relationship.

The group of people rushed over for nothing.
When they asked around, they learned that the mother and daughter had gone up the mountain to look for game.
One neighbour looked at Wang Da Lang with dissatisfaction and said, “You are not afraid of a guilty conscience when you do such things? You forced them to go up the mountain to hunt to survive.
Aren’t you afraid of Er Lang coming back in the middle of the night and knocking on your door?!”

Xiao Zhen Ting’s face became blacker.

Wang Da Lang saw him, but thought that Er Lang’s wife was causing trouble this time.
He hurriedly explained, “To tell you the truth, Er Lang is not my blood-related younger brother.
My dad picked him up and brought him back.
Our two families went our separate ways early on.
What she has provoked really has nothing to do with us.
If you want to take it up with someone, just take it up with her! Don’t involve us!”

Mrs.
Wang Fang turned pale with fright.
She collapsed into Mrs.
Xiao Fang’s arms.
“I said she was a misfortunate star! When Er Lang brought her back, she ran a fever.
It cost me a couple of silver liang for the medicine.
When she woke up, she didn’t remember anything.
She only remembered that her surname was Li.
So, I said that such a woman was a curse and that we shouldn’t keep her.
Er Lang refused to listen and ended up losing his life and it hurt us! Nobleman, she really has nothing to do with our family! If you want to look for someone, then look for that mother and daughter!”

Auntie Da Gen couldn’t stand it anymore.
“Eldest sister-in-law, why are you talking like this? And you, Da Lang, don’t talk such nonsense! When your mother gave birth to Er Lang, I was right there.
I saw him with my own eyes and picked him up.
You also picked him up.”

“Our family’s matters have nothing to do with you! If I said he was picked up, then he was picked up.
If you don’t believe me, ask my dad!” Wang Da Lang said.

Everyone looked at Wang Da Shan, who was standing silently behind Mrs.
Wang Fang.
He did not speak.

Mrs.
Wang Fang slapped her thigh.
“Da Lang is right.
Er Lang was picked up!”

Wang Da Shan sighed.
“Yes, Er Lang was picked up.”

Wang Da Shan and his wife had said so, so this matter had been decided.
The people in the village were helpless.

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Li Su and Wang Bei Chen also heard these words.
Li Su was okay, but Wang Bei Chen’s face was flushed and she had tears coming from her eyes.
Her whole body was trembling.
When dad was still alive, he was filial to his parents.
As a result, dad was thrown into danger.
How could they do this? Were they even worthy of her dad? She hated this!

Li Su held her daughter in her arms and stroked her daughter’s hair lightly.
“I made those embroideries.
What taboos did I commit?”

Xiao Zhen Ting took a deep breath.
It was his cousin, Su Su.
The last time they met was when his aunt’s family left the capital and returned to their home town in Shan Dong to keep their filial piety.
Cousin Su Su was only five years old at the time.
Although that had been the last time he had seen her, he knew that the poorly described peasant woman in front of him was his cousin because she looked much like a younger version of his aunt.

“You made these embroideries?” Xiao Zhen Ting asked in a deep voice.

Li Su looked over and found that it was indeed the embroidery that the original owner did before.
She nodded.
“I did.
What’s the matter?” At the same time, she quickly ran through the embroidery in her mind to confirm that there was nothing taboo in the original owner’s work.
What kind of taboos could she commit in the embroidery?

“Take them away!” Xiao Zhen Ting said without talking nonsense.
Someone immediately stepped forward to surround Li Su and her daughter.
“Follow us!”

When Li Su saw Wang Da Shan’s family hiding behind the crowd, she didn’t dare to step forward.
Besides, she didn’t feel relieved handing Bei Chen to them due to their attitude towards her daughter.

As for the villagers, although there were kind people, it was harder to feed their children recently, so it wouldn’t be right to have them adopt Bei Chen.

Forget it.
She would let her daughter follow her.
For better or worse, they would stick together.

Li Su was calm.
“Let’s go!” Li Su touched her daughter’s head.

Li Su and her daughter were taken away like this.

By the time Wang Si Hai heard the news and hurried over, they were gone.
Wang Si Hai was pale and his hands were shaking as he pointed at Wang Da Shan.
“You… Are you even worthy of Er Lang?”

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Wang Da Shan lowered his head in shame.
Mrs.
Wang Fang squeezed his neck and said, “Didn’t you all say it? Er Lang was picked up.”

“You! You bastard!” Wang Si Hai trembled with anger.
His eyes rolled and he fainted.

Wang Si Hai was highly respected in the village.
When everyone saw that he had fainted, everyone rushed forward to help him.

Wang Da Shan also wanted to help, but he was interrupted.
“Don’t put on an act.
Fourth uncle is angry at you!”

Wang Da Shan felt dazed when he saw Wang Si Hai being carried away by the crowd.
Mrs.
Wang Fang was still chattering next to him.
Wang Da Shan slapped Mrs.
Wang Fang angrily.

Mrs.
Wang Fang had been married to him for so many years.
This was the first time she had been beaten.
How could she bear it? She immediately rushed over and scratched Wang Da Shan’s face.

Wang Da Shan’s face was injured.
He was embarrassed and angry.
He kicked Mrs.
Wang Fang to the ground and went forward to kick and punch her.

Wang Da Lang and Mrs.
Xiao Fang were stunned.
They hurried forward to pull the two apart.

After Li Su and Wang Bei Chen were taken away, they got into a carriage with white woollen blankets inside.
It was clean and comfortable.
Li Su was a little suspicious.
Was this really how people who committed crimes were treated?

Wang Bei Chen was also a little sceptical.
The two looked at each other and did not dare enter the carriage.

Xiao Zhen Ting came over.
“I’ll explain things to you later.
Don’t worry.
I don’t have malicious intentions.”

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Li Su still didn’t move.
Xiao Zhen Ting smiled and took out a purse.
“Look at this.”

Li Su took it and saw that the stitches were familiar.
She then suddenly understood something.

“This was sent by my aunt when I got married.
She said that you made it yourself.
It is a pair, and the other one is with your sister-in-law,” said Xiao Zhen Ting.

Li Su’s eyes widened.
It turned out that the protagonist halo really existed.
This owner really had an spectacular life story!

On the carriage, Li Su finally learned the origins of the original owner, and it was really melodramatic.

The original owner was named Li Su, who was Xiao Zhen Ting’s cousin.
Her mother was Xiao Zhen Ting’s aunt.
Li Su’s grandparents passed away more than 10 years ago, and Li Su’s father returned to his hometown to observe a period of mourning for his parents.
Later, Li Su’s parents died.
Her mother, before she died, worried about her daughter being left alone, so she wrote to her family and entrusted her to them.
But, she died before the Xiao family messenger could arrive.

The original owner sold the property and went to the capital to join her grandparents’ family.
As a result, she encountered bandits on the road.
The original owner fell into the river amongst the chaos and disappeared.

Since then, the Xiao family had been searching for the whereabouts of the original owner for 6 years.
It was only half a year ago did the fourth young lady of the Xiao family, Xiao Zhen Ting’s wife, return to her family home to attend the wedding banquet of her younger brother that she accidentally saw a familiar purse worn by a female family member.

After the fourth young lady went back, she told Xiao Zhen Ting about the matter.
After they discussed it, the two of them quietly found that female relative and got her purse.
They compared the two and they found that the way they were sewed was exactly the same.
When they followed the trail, they finally found Shang Lin Village.

Wang Bei Chen looked at her mother in surprise.
It turned out that her mother was part of the nobility!

Li Su was also a little surprised.
“You can confirm it is me from just a purse? Are you mistaken? I am definitely not the only one who can do this stitch.”

Xiao Zhen Ting smiled and said, “We have already investigated this matter.
Cousin’s needle technique was learned from the nanny.
This technique was created by the nanny and was only taught to cousin.
The nanny died, so you are the only one who knows how to do this.
Moreover, your appearance is almost identical to that of auntie’s appearance when she was young.
I came with some people who had served auntie.
When they saw you, they all said you looked like her.”

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